Wine – red, white, rose, sparkling — so many choices — so much fun. However, there is a serious and academic side to wine and wine making as demonstrated in a new addition to our journal collection, Journal of Wine Economics. This is a peer reviewed publication that the American Association of Wine Economists (AAWE) publishes twice a year. The library subscribes to the electronic version of the journal, which is indexed in EconLit.
This leads to the question: what else does the library have that relates to wine? Just as there are many varieties of wine to sample, the MSE Library has a larger inventory of wine-related material than you might expect. For example, if you are interested in the history of wine making, try Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture. Then search Catalyst (the catalog) with the phrases or words “red wine,” “white wine,” or viticulture to find other intriguing possibilities. Wine also has its legal side; search “law AND wine” to find titles that go back to a proclamation by Queen Elizabeth in 1618 that set the price of wine.
Poetry anyone? A quick search of the Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry with the word “wine” produces a long list of poems such as “The Wine is Bright” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. If the poems are not copyrighted, the full text is available.
For wine in music there is the song “Kisses Sweeter than Wine” that is available through the American Song database. If fiction is your preference, curl up with the book, Bread, Wine & Angels by Anna P. Zurzolo. And of course, there is the movie Sideways, a comedy set in California wine country. Not only do we have the movie, we also have the screenplay and the shooting script. So please taste test our collections and enjoy!
Nice collections of wine thanks for sharing